The Bread-steaming Day is on the 28th day of the 12th lunar month, three days before Spring Festival. This year, it falls on Feb. 7. Steamed bread was a must-have on this day in the past, serving as ...

People watch fireworks during Lantern Festival in Yantai, Shandong province. JI TIANSHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Every Chinese New Year's Eve, Li Zhaocheng wakes up early and prepares a big pot of paste.

Today, January 28, marks the start of the Chinese New Year. This year, deemed the The Year of the Rooster, lasts until February 15 2018. The new year, also known as the spring festival, is marked by ...

Calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets for resident in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 26, 2011, on the occassion of the Xiaonian Festival, a traditional festival commemorating "Kitchen God" in ...

Little New Year, regarded as the prologue to Spring Festival, is celebrated on the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month in North China and on the 24th day of the same month in South China, eight or seven ...